Use of Adjuncts to Supplement Judicial Resources in Six Jurisdictions, 1983-1986: [United States] (ICPSR 8979)

This multi-site data collection evaluates the impact of
judicial adjunct attorneys and referees on the court system at the
county and state levels in six jurisdictions: (1) Pima County, Arizona,
(2) Multnomah County, Oregon, (3) King County, Washington, (4) Hennepin
County, Minnesota, (5) Phoenix, Arizona, and (6) the state of
Connecticut. There are three different units of observation in this
study: (1) civil trial cases, (2) trial judges, including regular
judges and adjunct attorneys, and (3) litigating attorneys. The court
case data include information on type of case, date of trial, type of
judge, type of disposition, and date of disposition. For the
questionnaire data obtained on judges, adjuncts, and litigating
attorneys, information includes experience with the program,
satisfaction, and ideas for changes.

This multi-site data collection evaluates the impact of
judicial adjunct attorneys and referees on the court system at the
county and state levels in six jurisdictions: (1) Pima County, Arizona,
(2) Multnomah County, Oregon, (3) King County, Washington, (4) Hennepin
County, Minnesota, (5) Phoenix, Arizona, and (6) the state of
Connecticut. There are three different units of observation in this
study: (1) civil trial cases, (2) trial judges, including regular
judges and adjunct attorneys, and (3) litigating attorneys. The court
case data include information on type of case, date of trial, type of
judge, type of disposition, and date of disposition. For the
questionnaire data obtained on judges, adjuncts, and litigating
attorneys, information includes experience with the program,
satisfaction, and ideas for changes.

Access Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public.
Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

Study Description

Citation

Aikman, Alexander, Mary Elsner Oram, and Frederick Miller. USE OF ADJUNCTS TO SUPPLEMENT JUDICIAL RESOURCES IN SIX JURISDICTIONS, 1983-1986: [UNITED STATES]. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts [producer], 1984. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1988. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08979.v1

Methodology

Sample:
Sampling procedures varied by site. In Tucson all the civil
court trial cases disposed by judicial adjuncts or regular judges
between January 1984 and March 1985 were selected. The first 50 civil
cases disposed each quarter that requested jury trials also were
included in the sample. In Portland 10 percent of the cases with
motions for summary judgments heard by judicial adjuncts and regular
judges between January 1983 and December 1985 were selected for the
sample. In Minneapolis the sample consisted of all the civil cases
referred to arbitration hearings conducted by adjunct attorneys from
September 1985 to June 1986. In Seattle the sample included regular
judges, adjunct attorneys, and litigating attorneys who responded to a
mailed questionnaire. In Phoenix the sample included civil appeals that
were disposed by adjunct attorneys and judges between 1983 and 1985. In
Connecticut a sample was selected from all the civil cases referred to
the trial reference program in three Superior Courts from January 1984
through June 1985. For Connecticut there is also a sample of regular
judges, trial adjunct attorneys, litigating attorneys, and clients who
responded to a mailed questionnaire.

Data Source:

court records and mailed questionnaires

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1989-01-10

Version History:

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 11 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 11 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.

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